Maria, it sounds like he was insane. Rational people don't intentionally addict people. I feel sorry for those poor people who were unsuspecting victims.

Must have a lot of male customers to let her dress like that. Nice view.

I'd never opened up the gas station if it had been someone else, but I know Tucker's fond of you. It's a shame you don't keep in touch with the old man.

Mom and dad probably told you I've been arrested. I'm innocent. I want you to know that.

Some things you jes' know Doll, and that's one I'd bet the farm on.

The road of grief is often long and lonely and many stones need to be moved out of the way, but it is not without its lighter moments.

Ronan cupped her neck with his other hand and brushed his lips lightly over hers. "I want you, Maddy. I want you more than I've ever wanted any woman in my life.

... only love begets love.

I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.

Wine drinking goes back at least six thousand years. Wine writing probably began a year or two later.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.

Books are not men and yet they are alive.

Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.